And the winner is - - - -
to DA!
Charlotte.
Drop me an email, please, with your mailing address and I'll drop DEAD AIR in the mail to you ASAP.
Thanks for participating, everyone!
Another Give-Away coming soon!
to DA!
Charlotte.
Drop me an email, please, with your mailing address and I'll drop DEAD AIR in the mail to you ASAP.
Thanks for participating, everyone!
Another Give-Away coming soon!
I'm a fool for lists. Love 'em and find myself making them all the time. Sometimes I make them 'cause they're fun, but sometimes I make them out of necessity. It's impossible for me to take a trip without making a list first. And everything - I mean everything - has to be included. Even the most obvious items. Toothpaste and toothbrush? Yep. Gotta be on the list. 'Course, just because it's on the list and manages to get packed, doesn't necessarily mean it gets to its final destination. And I don't mean because the airline lost a bag (although we do know that happens once in awhile, right?!). Sometimes it happens because - well, because it gets forgotten and left behind. I suggest when and if this ever happens to you, you just stay calm, declare a "shopping emergency" and buy yourself a new pair of jeans and a crisp white shirt (and maybe a sweater, or a bright, pretty scarf or shawl - or one of each!). It's an outfit that can carry you a long way. If that sounds like one of those "I've been there and done that" things, well - it is.
But - moving right along - these lists are fun things.
The first is my list of some of my favorite books from 2009. I know I'm forgetting some, so I'm sticking with the statement "some of my favorite books." And as I remember more, this list could change. (Is there a rule that I can't change my list once I've posted it? Pfft! My list - My rules. Life's short - Right? 'Nuff said.).
Okeey doke - First List: Some of my Faves. Listed alphabetically by author's last name.
Ken Bruen & Reed Farrel Coleman - Tower
Toni McGee Causey - When A Man Loves A Weapon
Lee Child - Gone Tomorrow
Reed Farrel Coleman - Empty Ever After
Pat Conroy - South of Broad
Deborah Crombie - Necessary as Blood
JT Ellison - Judas Kiss
Linda Fairstein - Lethal Legacy
Robert Fate - Baby Shark's Jugglers at the Borders
Dorothea Benton Frank - Return to Sullivan's Island
Julie Hyzy - State of the Onion
Craig Johnson - The Dark Horse
Laurie King - The Language of Bees
William Kent Krueger - Heaven's Keep
Laura Lippman - Life Sentences
Mary Jane Maffini - Law & Disorder
Michael Malone - The Four Corners of the Sky
Margaret Maron - Sand Sharks
Carol O'Connell - Bone by Bone
Louise Penny - The Brutal Telling
Peter Robinson - All the Colors of Darkness
S. J. Rozan - Winter and Night
Hank Phillippi Ryan - Air Time
Alex Sokoloff - The Unseen
Louise Ure - Liars Anonymous
Kathryn Wall - Covenant Hall
Sharon Wildwind - Missing, Presumed Wed
Next is a list of books I'm looking forward to in 2010. Most of the writers above are on my "auto-buy" list, so they're automatically included in what I'm looking forward to reading next year. The ones I've listed are those I was able to find information about, ie, a title and the estimated month of publication (always subject to change). If any of you know of a book by one of the above authors that you don't see on this list, let me know, please!!
In order of month of presumed publication, here's what I'm looking forward to:
January:
Eggsecutive Orders: A White House Chef Mystery by Julie Hyzy
February:
Aunt Dimity Down Under by Nancy Atherton
Drive Time by Hank Phillippi Ryan
March:
The Teabury Strangler: A Tea Shop Mystery by Laura Childs
Hell Gate: Alex Cooper by Linda Fairstein (confession. I have an ARC of this which I cannot WAIT to start reading. oh boy oh boy oh boy . . . )
Acadia Falls by Carol Goodman
April:
Holly Blues: A China Bayles Mystery by Susan Wittig Albert
Cat of the Century: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery by Rita Mae Brown
This Body of Death: An Inspector Lynley Novel by Elizabeth George
The Black Cat: A Richard Jury Mystery by Martha Grimes
The God of the Hive: A Novel of Suspense featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes by Laurie R. King
Shoot to Thrill: A Monkeewrench Novel by P. J. Tracy
May:
61 Hours: A Reacher Novel by Lee Child
Junkyard Dogs: A Walt Longmire Mystery by Craig Johnson
June:
Lowcountry Summer: A Plantation Novel by Dorothea Benton Frank
The Devil Amongst the Lawyers: A Ballad Novel by Sharyn McCrumb
Book of Shadows by Alexandra Sokoloff
July:
Torn Apart by Shane Gericke
August:
Burnt Mountain by Anne Rivers Siddons
September:
The Cold Room by J.T. Ellison
October:
November:
Christmas Mourning by Margaret Maron
December:
A book I'm especially looking forward to but don't know a publication date for is THE DAY OF SMALL THINGS by Vicki Lane.
If Reed Farrel Coleman has a new Moe Prager in the works I will be one very happy woman.
Fingers crossed for a Dave Robicheaux novel from James Lee Burke.
Another Pat Conroy? big sigh. Fat chance. We'll probably have to wait another ten years for the next jewel by Pat Conroy. But worth the wait.
How about a Justin Savile/Cudy Mangum mystery from Michael Malone? That would be lovely. It's been too long since the last one!
Now, it's your turn! I'll be interested in hearing what your favorite books of 2009 were, and what you're looking forward to reading in 2010.
And, finally - keeping in this holiday spirit of things, I have a book to give away. It's DEAD
AIR: A Sammy Greene Thriller by Deborah Shlian and Linda Reid. For FTC Full Disclosure: I received an ARC from the publisher, Oceanview Publishing. I've read it, but since I don't do reviews, I have not reviewed it. However, I do have an opinion, which is that "it's quite good & I enjoyed it lots. Sammy Greene is my kinda gal (kinda mouthy, actually) and I look forward to more in this series." If you're interested in winning this book, just leave a comment INCLUDING YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS, please. I'll be drawing the winning name on Sunday, January 3rd. Check back here to see the winning name which I'll post after I've been in touch with the winner via email.
Happy Reading, Everyone!!
